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TRICK OR CLICK - Sun, Oct 28 2018

People tend to have creative insights when they are in a positive, relaxed mood. When they are anxious, their thinking narrows and becomes analytical and cautious, which can help them to critique and refine ideas. - JOHN KOUNIOS

Daily Commentary

'There are two jobs in the world that people want to do the most while knowing the least about: architect and strategist.' - Eben Hewitt

It wasn't until The Detroit Free Press reported on General Motors' radio-tracking program — which monitored the listening habits of 90,000 drivers in the Los Angeles and Chicago areas for three months in late 2017 — that it became…

john ratcliffe-lee'. . . connected cars create up to 600GB of data per day — the equivalent of more than 100 hours of HD video every 60 minutes — and self-driving cars are expected to generate more than 150 times that amount . . .'

The fast train from Paris to Rotterdam was an hour late leaving the Gare du Nord. When it finally deposited me in the Dutch city, I discovered that the onward train to Delft had been suspended because of maintenance work on the tracks. It two took…

The manufacturing analysts who spent 6,600 hours inside a warehouse north of Detroit picking apart a Model 3 have good news and bad news for Tesla Inc. The company now boasts the best technology of any electric car, with potential profit margins…

john ratcliffe-leeelon knows the long-term value of Tesla lies where he's out-innovated competition, not where he's falling short now/today

This article is the first in a series dedicated to explaining how Uber leverages forecasting to build better products and services. In recent years, machine learning, deep learning, and probabilistic programming have shown great promise in…

john ratcliffe-lee'Marketing: It is critical to understand the marginal effectiveness of different media channels while controlling for trends, seasonality, and other dynamics (e.g., competition or pricing). ...enable us to make data-driven marketing decisions at scale.'

The Librarian of Congress and US Copyright Office just proposed new rules that will give consumers and independent repair experts wide latitude to legally hack embedded software on their devices in order to repair or maintain them. This exemption…

Everyone is thinking about costumes with Halloween right around the corner, but for some people, dressing up as someone else is a very serious business. For spies, it's a matter of life and death, and they need to get it exactly right. Jonna Mendez…

john ratcliffe-lee'. . . asking a friend to observe you, and tell you what they are—a certain way of sitting or gesturing. Some of them are difficult to consciously let go of, so adding an element to your disguise that forces you to adjust those behaviors can be helpful.'

Audio will be available later today. By age 40, about one in 10 adults will experience some hearing loss. It happens so slowly and gradually, says audiologist Dina Rollins, 'you don't realize what you're missing.' And even as it worsens, many…

john ratcliffe-lee'the rate of cognitive decline was slowed by 75 percent following the adoption of hearing aids'

1. The feel of cool marble under bare feet. 2. How to live in a small room with five strangers for six months. 3. With the same strangers in a lifeboat for one week. 5. The distance a shout carries in the city. 7. Everything possible about…